Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 49 / Monday, March 15, 2010 / Notices 12221 

to 202–401–0920. Please specify the 

complete title of the information 

collection when making your request. 

Comments regarding burden and/or 

the collection activity requirements 

should be electronically mailed to 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Individuals who 

use a telecommunications device for the 

deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1– 

800–877–8339. 

[FR Doc. 2010–5626 Filed 3–12–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

SUMMARY: The Acting Director, 

Information Collection Clearance 

Division, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of 

Management invites comments on the 

submission for OMB review as required 

by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before April 14, 

2010. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be addressed to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention: Education Desk Officer, 

Office of Management and Budget, 725 

17th Street, NW., Room 10222, New 

Executive Office Building, Washington, 

DC 20503, be faxed to (202) 395–5806 or 

e-mailed to 

oira_submission@omb.eop.gov with a 

cc: to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires 

that the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) provide interested 

Federal agencies and the public an early 

opportunity to comment on information 

collection requests. OMB may amend or 

waive the requirement for public 

consultation to the extent that public 

participation in the approval process 

would defeat the purpose of the 

information collection, violate State or 

Federal law, or substantially interfere 

with any agency’s ability to perform its 

statutory obligations. The Acting 

Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Regulatory 

Information Management Services, 

Office of Management, publishes that 

notice containing proposed information 

collection requests prior to submission 

of these requests to OMB. Each 

proposed information collection, 

grouped by office, contains the 

following: (1) Type of review requested, 

e.g. new, revision, extension, existing or 

reinstatement; (2) Title; (3) Summary of 

the collection; (4) Description of the 

need for, and proposed use of, the 

information; (5) Respondents and 

frequency of collection; and (6) 

Reporting and/or Recordkeeping 

burden. OMB invites public comment. 

Dated: March 10, 2010. 

Stephanie Valentine, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Institute of Education Sciences 

Type of Review: New. 

Title: National Title I Study of 

Implementation and Outcomes: Early 

Childhood Language Development 

(ECLD). 

Frequency: One time. 

Affected Public: 

State, Local, or Tribal Gov’t, SEAs or 

LEAs. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden: 

Responses: 16. 

Burden Hours: 36. 

Abstract: The study is being 

conducted as part of the National 

Assessment of Title I, mandated by Title 

I, Part E, Section 1501 of the Elementary 

and Secondary Education Act. The data 

obtained by this information collection 

will provide a sampling frame of eligible 

schools for the National Title I Study of 

Implementation and Outcomes: Early 

Childhood Language Development 

(ECLD). Once school districts have been 

indentified to participate in the study, 

they will be asked to complete a short 

form providing information about Title 

I schools in their district. This 

information includes the percent of 

students in a selected school that are 

eligible for free-or-reduced-price lunch, 

percent of third graders who are 

classified as reading proficient on state 

assessments in 2009–10, grade levels in 

selected schools, and number of 

students in each grade. Based on the 

information provided, up to ten schools 

per district will be randomly selected to 

participate in the full-scale study. The 

U.S. Department of Education has 

Mathematica Policy Research to conduct 

this study. 

Requests for copies of the information 

collection submission for OMB review 

may be accessed from http:// 

edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the 

‘‘Browse Pending Collections’’ link and 

by clicking on link number 4195. When 

you access the information collection, 

click on ‘‘Download Attachments’’ to 

view. Written requests for information 

should be addressed to U.S. Department 

of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, 

SW., LBJ, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

Requests may also be electronically 

mailed to the Internet address 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed to 202– 

401–0920. Please specify the complete 

title of the information collection when 

making your request. 

Comments regarding burden and/or 

the collection activity requirements 

should be directed to 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Individuals who 

use a telecommunications device for the 

deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1– 

800–877–8339. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Foreign Language Assistance 

Program—Local Educational Agencies 

with Institutions of Higher Education 

AGENCY: Office of English Language 

Acquisition, Language Enhancement, 

and Academic Achievement for Limited 

English Proficient Students, Department 

of Education. 

ACTION: Notice Inviting Applications for 

New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2010. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.293A. 

Dates: Applications Available: March 

15, 2010. 

Deadline for Notice of Intent To 

Apply: March 26, 2010. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: April 14, 2010. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: May 14, 2010. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The Foreign 

Language Assistance Program (FLAP) 

provides grants to local educational 

agencies (LEAs) for innovative model 

programs providing for the 

establishment, improvement, or 

expansion of foreign language study for 

elementary and secondary school 

students. Under this competition, as 

provided for in Division D, Title III, of 

the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 

2010, Public Law 111–117, 5-year grants 

will be awarded to LEAs to work in 

partnership with one or more 

institutions of higher education (IHEs) 

to establish or expand articulated 

programs of study in languages critical 

to United States national security in 

order to enable successful students, as 

they advance from elementary school 

through secondary school and college, 

to achieve a superior level of 


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